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This year’s World Refugee Day offers a chance to reflect on the uncertainty faced by those forced to flee their homes, Oscar winner Cate Blanchett said as the world grapples with the unpredictability of the Covid-19 pandemic . The Australian actor, a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said the annual June 20 event came during a time of “challenge and reflection”. “We’ve been forced to confront what uncertainty feels like and of course that is the situation that most refugees live with, year in, year out,” Blanchett said. “There’s a kind of an opportunity … to think...
